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Cat Booth
- Jul 4, 2017
- 4 min
The Top Ten reasons for your long wait in the Emergency Department
If you’ve ever watched any TV medical dramas you’ll know for a fact that all the nurses are in clinches with hot doctors in linen cupboards, the registrars are totally being sassy with their clever diagnoses of rare autoimmune syndromes or they’re pretending not to be googling that weird skin condition you said you had in triage. But here’s what’s actually going on. 1: You’re just not that sick!
I know that your health is important to you and I’m sure you’re not one of the t
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Elizabeth Alstrom
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
Set the Compass
I trace this line forward
My path unknown but written
The future moving toward me
With each step taken
I keep each pace even
Steady motion silent beat
Know not where I'm headed
But my course now seemingly set
Feel the ground beneath me
And above the sky so vast
Anxious but resigned to tomorrow
With heavy heart stuck in the past
All the whispers how they deafen
White noise pulsing behind mine eyes
Searching for the reasons
Aching to make sense of what's insid
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Diana Barbara
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
Before I bleed
Before I bleed Behind the shades, my tears. Like black pearls they roll down. My face has darkened with fears. My old warm and bright-red friend, now I can’t request euthanasia. It’s another breakdown, but it ain’t the end. Wait. Am I depressed or is it just PMS? Why after all these years? Why is there a new melt-down? I swear I haven’t drunk more than 2 beers. Always in the never-ending mend, there’s no more need for anaesthesia. Quick! Mumble something and hit send. Message
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Megan McMillan
- Jul 4, 2017
- 5 min
Mental health & the work place
How getting fired built my confidence & what I learnt from it. Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of getting fired. I won’t say much about the company, or the reason why I got fired, but I was lucky that I left the company on good terms. Getting fired is something that usually knocks people’s confidence, and while I would be lying if I said that it hasn’t done that, I’ve rather found this to be quite a positive experience. To explain this, using JK Rowling’s Harvard Commen
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Lotty Whittingham
- Jul 4, 2017
- 2 min
Music = Unity
Given the recent events of the Manchester and London attacks, it shows that it’s more important than ever before to show a united front against those that that intend to attack and cause despair. The most recent OneLoveManchester concert was held in response to a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande live show over two weeks ago at Manchester Arena. Described by The Independent as ‘the proper way to respond to hate’; this event was hosted by Ariana Grande herself and it was set
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Cat Booth
- Jul 4, 2017
- 3 min
Model of the Month: Hayley Leggs
Please start with a short introduction about yourself:
Hayley Leggs is a performer, voiceover artist and TV presenter from London. She regularly works as a solo performer and with her group Nympherno as a fire breather and stilt walker, and interviews bands for TotalRock. She is also a former drummer, playing for Adam Ant during his comeback in 2010. How and where did you start your career?
My first taste of the stage was when I formed a band aged 17. We weren't particularl
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Becca Jones
- Jul 4, 2017
- 5 min
Artist of the Month: Gary Erskine
Gary Erskine https://www.facebook.com/garyerskine Gary is an artist and writer who has worked with DC and Marvel comics on titles such as Judge Dredd, Batman and X-Men. He has also worked on licenses such as Star Wars, Doctor Who and Terminator with writers Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Alex De Campi and Warren Ellis, and characters including Captain America and Judge Dredd. His latest independent project is a comic he is writing and illustrating together with his wife, Mhairi
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